The Grey’s Anatomy monolith just got a little bigger with a new spin-off TV series, Station 19.
The show will be set in the same universe as Shonda Rhimes’s long-running medical drama.
Here’s all the information on Station 19, including its release date, who’s in the cast and trailer.
Station 19 will be set in the same universe as Shonda Rhimes’s hit drama Grey’s Anatomy
What is Station 19?
Station 19 is the second spin-off from Shonda Rhimes’s hit medical drama, Grey’s Anatomy.
It is set in the same universe as Rhimes’s flagship series Grey’s Anatomy and will follow the lives of firefighters operating at a fire station just three blocks from the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
‘These brave men and women are like family, literally and figuratively, and together they put their own lives in jeopardy as first responders to save the lives of others,’ ABC Network says in its Station 19 Lead Sheet.
Station 19 is produced by ABC Studios with Grey’s Anatomy writer Stacey McKee serving as the spin-off’s showrunner and executive producer.
Shonda Rhimes and Ellen Pompeo will also serve as the show’s executive and co-executive producers.
Who is in the Station 19 cast?
Rosewood’s Jaina Lee Ortiz plays the lead, Andy Herrera, a firefighter and daughter of the firehouse’s head, Captain Pruitt, played by Miguel Sandoval.
Friday Night Lights alum Greg Damon plays the station’s lieutenant, Jack Gibson, a ‘fearless’ man who is the exact opposite of Andy’s play-by-the rules character.
Danielle Savre plays Andy’s best friend, Maya Bishop, with Okieriete Onaodowan and Jay Hayden and Barrett Doss rounding off the firefighter team.
Current Grey’s Anatomy regular Jason George completes the Station 19 cast as rookie, Ben Warren. He will switch over to the spin-off once Grey’s Anatomy season 14 wraps up.
Station 19 trailer
The official Station 19 trailer was uploaded by ABC Network in early February.
The trailer confirms that Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo will appear on Station 19 as Dr Meredith Grey.
When is Station 19 coming to ABC?
Station 19 will premiere on Thursday, March 22 on ABC at 9pm ET/PT. It will be a special 2-hour episode.
There’s no news on when Station 19 will air in the UK. Grey’s Anatomy currently airs on Sky Living.
Grey’s Anatomy Station 19 crossover
As the ABC Station 19 trailer showed, Ellen Pompeo will appear on the Grey’s Anatomy spin-off as Meredith Grey and current Grey’s Anatomy regular, Jason George will switch over once the current season ends.
Station 19 showrunner Stacy McKee said at the 2018 Winter TCA Press Tour: ‘It’ll be similar and different. It was a priority for me in thinking about this as a Grey’s Anatomy spinoff that it works hand-in-hand with Grey’s and was similar in both tone and intensity and humor and heart.’
She also described the show as ‘Grey’s adjacent’ with a lot of potential for ‘cross-pollination’.